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The Properties button lets you tell GenCat about your online hosting and Commerce accounts as well as customize the look and feel of your catalog.

Upload Information
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Pressing the Upload button reveals the panel to the left. If you have and questions about what to write in these fields contact your web site hosting company and they can help you.

  • FTP Host - The name of the computer with your web site
  • FTP Directory - The name of the directory into which you want your catalog saved
  • Username - Your FTP account username
  • Password - Your FTP account password
  • OK and Cancel - Make sure to press OK to submit changes

Pressing the Account button reveals the panel to the right. This panel asks for your Gamma Burst commerce account information. If you don't know yet whether you want to use Gamma Burst as your e-commerce provider, make sure the Demo Mode box is checked. That way you can build and test your catalog without an account. When you decide to sign up, click on the Create Account button and you can start making money online!

  • 00-SITEID - The ID provided by Gamma Burst for this catalog
  • 00-SERVER - The server number assigned to this account by Gamma Burst
  • Password - The password you selected for this GB account
  • 00-PARTNERID - If you are building this catalog for a client, make sure you are a Gamma Burst partner and place your partner ID here- for more info see the Gamma Burst web site
  • OK and Cancel - Make sure to press OK to submit changes
Account Information
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Customize
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Pressing the Customize button reveals the panel to the left. Here, you can set the various colors and template information for your catalog.

  • Look and Feel
    • Text Color - The color for standard readable text
    • Link Color - The color for unvisited links
    • Active Link Color - The color a link will turn as someone clicks on it
    • Visited Link Color - The color a link will turn after it has been clicked and viewed
    • Background Color - The color of the background of your catalog pages
    • Font - A comma delimited list of fonts for the text in your catalog (e.g. Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif)
    • Icon Size - Some templates use icons for product and category images and, of those, you are permitted to set the size of the icons in pixels
    • Money Symbol - The monetary symbol for your country, The default for the USA is: US $
  • More Colors
    • Color 1, 2, & 3 - Additional colors that may be used in templates
  • Template Information
    • Available Templates - The list of templates you have downloaded to your computer
    • Template Info - Click this button to see the requirements and addtional notes associated with any of your templates
  • OK and Cancel - Make sure to press OK to submit changes


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